"Cop That Shit", also known in its censored form as "Cop That Disc", is the lead single taken from hip-hop duo

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's third studio album, ''

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''. The track features vocals from

Missy Elliott Melissa Arnette Elliott (born July 1, 1971), better known as Missy Elliott or Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She embarked on her music career with R&B girl group Sista in the earl ...

. The single was released on September 29, 2003 in

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, but was not released in the

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until March 8, 2004. The hip hop track itself refers to people downloading and burning music instead of buying it. All of the tracks' verses are resung verses from classic rap songs, however some of the lyrics are changed. Timbaland's verse is a rewrite of "I Know You Got Soul" by Eric B. & Rakim, Missy's verse is a rewrite of Paper Thin by

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, and Magoo's verse is a rewrite of "I Got It Made" by

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Music video

The music video for the track shows Timbaland, Missy and Magoo in various city scenes: subway station, neighborhood basketball court, taxi cab and in front of a spraypainted image of themselves. MC Lyte,

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and Special Ed appear through the verses that were borrowed from them, also rapper

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made a cameo appearance. The video also features a rap interlude by rapper

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from the song "Do Your Thang", and a dance choreography from Mari Koda, who would later star in the dance movie

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. Big painting of late singer

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depicted as an

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appears through the whole video.

Track listing

* UK CD1 # "Cop That Shit" (Clean Radio Edit) # "Cop That Shit" (Mentor Remix featuring Juggy D. Dirty) # "Drop" (featuring

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) * UK CD2 - Limited Edition Remix EP # "Cop That Shit" (Clean Radio Edit) # "Cop That Shit" (Mentor Remix) # "Cop That Shit" (Motivo Hi-Lectro Remix) # "Cop That Shit" (Limrak Remix) # "Cop That Shit" (Finest Remix) * German CD single # "Cop That Shit" (Clean Radio Edit) # "Cop That Shit" (Dirty Edit) # "Cop That Shit" (Instrumental) # "Cop That Shit" (Acappella) # "Cop That Shit" (Callout Hook) # "Cop That Shit" (Music Video)

Charts

References

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